MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110093778A1
• Filed: 10/18/2010
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Jong Hwan, KANG, Yeon Joo, NAM, Seung Woo
• Granted Patent: US 9,104,275 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04101 2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a stereoscopic user interface. The stereoscopic user interface includes a display unit capable of implementing a 3D stereoscopic image. A 3D object is displayed on the display unit. And, the 3D object can be manipulated by a user through various manipulating methods in a virtual stereoscopic space. Accordingly, the present invention provides a stereoscopic user interface using a 3D object arranged in a 3D space, thereby facilitating a user to manipulate the mobile terminal with a new visual effect.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal comprising:

displaying a first object on a display of the mobile terminal;

displaying a second object on the display, wherein the displayed second object is a perceived three-dimensional (3D) object having a different 3D level than the displayed first object;

receiving a user input at the mobile terminal while displaying the first object and the second object;

changing the displayed first object and the displayed second object when the received user input is a first user input; and

changing the displayed second object without changing the displayed first object when the received user input is a second user input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user input is a clamping gesture of the second object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user input is a scrolling gesture of either the displayed first object or the displayed second object.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the scrolling gesture is determined by a proximity sensor of the mobile terminal.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the scrolling gesture is determined by a touchscreen of the mobile terminal.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the displayed second object without changing the displayed first object includes changing a location of the displayed second object relative to the displayed first object without changing a location of the displayed first object.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the displayed second object without changing the displayed first object includes changing a visual characteristic of the displayed second object without changing a visual characteristic of the displayed first object.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the visual characteristic is one of a color of the displayed second object, a texture of the displayed second object, a flickering of the displayed second object or a size of the displayed second object.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first object and the second object are displayed in a virtual stereoscopic space.

10. A method of controlling a mobile terminal comprising:

displaying a first object and a second object on a display of the mobile terminal, the second object being a three-dimensional (3D) object that is distinguished from the first object by a 3D level;

receiving a user input while displaying the first object and the second object; and

changing a display of the first object and the second object based on the received user input, wherein changing the display includes;

changing a visual characteristic of the displayed first object and the displayed second object when the received user input is a first user input, and

changing a visual characteristic of only the displayed second object when the received user input is a second user input.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the visual characteristic of only the displayed second object is one of a color of the displayed second object, a texture of the displayed second object, a flickering of the displayed second object or a size of the displayed second object.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein changing the visual characteristic of only the displayed second object includes changing a location of the second object on the display relative to the displayed first object.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the second user input is a clamping gesture of the second object.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the first user input is a scrolling gesture of either the displayed first object or the displayed second object.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the scrolling gesture is determined by a proximity sensor of the mobile terminal.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the scrolling gesture is determined by a touchscreen of the mobile terminal.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the first object and the second object are displayed in a virtual stereoscopic space.

18. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a display to display a first object and a second object, wherein the displayed second object is a perceived three-dimensional (3D) object having a different 3D level than the displayed first object;

an input device to receive a user input while the display displays the first object and the second object; and

a controller to change the displayed first object and the displayed second object when the user input is a first user input, and to change the displayed second object without changing the displayed first object when the user input is a second user input.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the second user input is a clamping gesture of the displayed second object.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the first user input is a scrolling gesture of either the displayed first object or the displayed second object.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein the input device includes a proximity sensor, and the controller determines the scrolling gesture based on the proximity sensor.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein the input device includes a touch screen, and the controller determines the scrolling gesture based on the user input at the touch screen.

23. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller changes the displayed second object without changing the displayed first object by changing a location of the displayed second object relative to the displayed first object without changing a location of the displayed first object.

24. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the controller changes the displayed second object without changing the displayed first object by changing a visual characteristic of the displayed second object without changing a visual characteristic of the displayed first object.

26. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the display displays the first object and the second object in a virtual stereoscopic space.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 25, wherein the visual characteristic is one of a color of the displayed second object, a texture of the displayed second object, a flickering of the displayed second object or a size of the displayed second object.